January 6, 2025 Edition
Industry News

Deadline for participating in ECPA Collective at Frankfurt Book Fair nears
The 2024 ECPA Christian Collective at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October represented more than 25 companies engaged in productive meetings with publishers from over 30 countries. The deadline for participating in the 2025 ECPA Collective at the Frankfurt Book Fair, held in October, is January 17. Contact Cynthia Helblig for more information.

ECPA welcomes new affiliates
The ECPA board of directors recently welcomed the following companies as ECPA industry affiliates:
- GLOO delivers AI-driven rights management solutions for publishers, helping them streamline content licensing, distribution and protection.
- GPS INTERNATIONALE, located in central Europe, serves the publishing community with color cased hardbacks, paperbacks, flexi-bound books and board books.

Amplify Marketing Services publishes infographic on 2024 Amazon developments
Amplify Marketing Services LLC, a leading book marketing agency specializing in Amazon Ads, is excited to announce the release of the second annual year-in-review infographic outlining 37 developments in 2024 that impacted the book discoverability and sales on Amazon.
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Tommy Nelson welcomes new Senior Marketing Director and announces promotion
Tommy Nelson, an imprint of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is excited to announce the hiring of Ashley Reed as Senior Marketing Director, who reports to publisher Shannon Marchese. Additionally, Tommy Nelson announces the promotion of Andrea Jacobs to Senior Marketing Manager.
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Elk Lake names Leslie H. Stobbe as Editor Emeritus
Les Stobbe, formerly an acquisitions editor for Elk Lake Publishing, Inc., has been named Editor Emeritus. Stobbe, 94, has been with Elk Lake since 2021. In his long and storied career, Leslie H. Stobbe has seen the growth of the Christian publishing industry from its inception.
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B&H Publishing, Lifeway recognized for excellence in 2024
In 2024, as organizations presented annual book awards, B&H Publishing Group received nearly two dozen acknowledgments and awards from Christianity Today, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (Top Shelf Book Cover Awards and Christian Book Award®), The Gospel Coalition, and the Spanish Evangelical Publishers Association.
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IVP’s ‘Land of My Sojourn’ named among Library Journal’s best nonfiction of 2024
Library Journal, the most widely circulated publication for librarians, has named "Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found" by Mike Cosper among its list of Best Nonfiction of 2024. It was selected along with 144 titles that made the publication’s Best Books 2024 lists across ten categories.
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ECPA presents Milestone Sales Awards
ECPA recently presented Milestone Sales Awards to the following titles for achieving significant sales:
- INDESCRIBABLE by Louie Giglio (Passion Publishing and Tommy Nelson) received the Gold Award for 500,000 sold.
- First Nations Version by Terry M. Wildman and The First Nations Version Translation Council (InterVarsity Press) received the Bronze Award for 100,000 sold.
- The Common Rule by Justin Whitmel Earley (InterVarsity Press) received the Bronze Award for 100,000 sold.
Product News

Charisma Media begins year with three new books releasing January 7th
- Executive Director of The National Institute of Christian Leadership Mark Rutland delivers a timeless, comedic commentary on aging in his twentieth and funniest book: Keep On Keeping On (Charisma House). More
- In Colbert’s Spiritual Health Zone (Siloam), Don Colbert, MD, explains why the best thing we can do to protect ourselves from disease and promote all aspects of health is to learn to walk in God’s love. More
- Host of “Discovering the Jewish Jesus” Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider connects ancient prophecies to current realities in The Book of Revelation Decoded Revised Edition (Charisma House). More

New Growth Press to release book to help preschoolers learn the 1-2-3s of the Bible
My First 123 Book of Bible Numbers is the second book in the Big Truths for Little Minds series, which introduces children ages 3–5 to basic concepts of the Christian faith. Author Jonathan Gibson helps toddlers and preschoolers learn basic Bible facts along with their 1-2-3s. More
Media Announcements

Savannah Guthrie announces book tour for new children’s book with Zonderkidz
TODAY show co-anchor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Savannah Guthrie is set to embark on a seven-city book tour to promote her forthcoming picture book, Mostly What God Does is Love You (Zonderkidz, February 25, 2025). Guthrie will kick off the tour February 20, 2025 in Houston, TX and will wrap up the tour February 26 in NYC. More

Authors featured on Jesus Calling Podcast
Professor of Leadership and former pastor Dr. Chris Rappazini recently joined The Jesus Calling Podcast sharing a deeply personal story through the lens of grief and recovery. Rappazini’s book, Moving Forward After Messing Up, is available from Moody Publishers.
Worship leader, pastor, and entrepreneur Tasha Cobbs Leonard recently joined The Jesus Calling Podcast whose song “Break Every Chain” grew from her own battle with depression. Leonard’s devotional, Do It Anyway, is available from WaterBrook.
Other News
INDUSTRY
PUBLISHING
- AAP October 2024 StatShot: Publishing Up 8.3% for October; Up 7.1% YTD
- BISG webinar Jan. 7: Understanding the Potential Impact of Tariff Changes
- Recorded Webinar on 2024 Update to the BISAC Subject Codes List
- Barnes & Noble boss is planning to open about 60 new stores in the US
- AI-Voiced Audiobooks: New Guidance for Consumer Labeling
- AI, collectible editions, reading for pleasure dominate book trade predictions
- The Publishers Association on the UK’s AI Consultation
- Guadalajara Book Fair Posts Strong 2024 Attendance Figures
- UN’s Melissa Fleming's Urgent Call to Publishers for 'Information Integrity'
- EUDR: Parliament Gives Companies Extra Year to Comply